PIV measurements for a complex topographic terrain

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 97, Issue 5-6, 2009, Pages 242-254

  Rasouli, Ashkan ^a   Hangan, Horia ^a   Siddiqui, Kamran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex topography; Particle image velocimetry (PIV); Wind mapping

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHY; FLOW REGIONS; MEAN VELOCITY PROFILES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRIES; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY (PIV); PIV MEASUREMENTS; RECIRCULATIONS; RIDGE FLOWS; SCALE MODELS; SCALE RESOLUTION; TOPOGRAPHIC FEATURES; TURBULENCE INTENSITY; TURBULENT VELOCITY FIELDS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL; WAKE REGION; WIND MAPPING;

FLOW VISUALIZATION; LANDFORMS; PRECISION ENGINEERING; VELOCIMETERS; VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 69349098401     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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